Word: lungren
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...LUNGREN CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL...
...brash style has endeared him to the Newt Gingrich wing of the party. During his campaign for attorney general, Lungren chased his Democratic opponent into an elevator, shouting his demand that the two hold a debate on the spot. And at the 1992 convention, he urged Republicans not to be "shamed into silence" over the party's controversial 1988 Willie Horton ad. Said he: "This is one Republican who won't be cowed." The son of Richard Nixon's physician, he served 10 years in the House, forging ties with Gingrich, Senate majority leader Trent Lott and other conservatives...
...Trojan Horse. Wilson's implosion has helped the cause of California attorney general Dan Lungren, a 49-year-old Irish Catholic who is tough on crime and favors restricting immigration. Besides his young age, conservative credentials and statewide popularity, Lungren's main asset to the Dole campaign would be his potential to force Clinton to spend $10 million or so defending the state's 54 electoral votes instead of lavishing the money on the crucial Midwest. Some in the Dole camp are talking about sending Lungren up and down the Central Valley of California for a 10-week whistle-stop...
Gingrich, for example, said retired gen. Colin L. Powell was a top prospect, ignoring daily protests from Buchanan because Powell supports abortion rights. Gingrich also cited Michigan Gov. John Engler and California Attorney General Dan Lungren as "perfect examples of the kind of people who I think would be terrific...
...Superior Court Judge Stuart Pollak issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of 187's provision that bars illegal immigrants from public schools. The judge said 187 conflicts with a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to provide a public education to all residents. State Attorney General Dan Lungren vowed to fight the judge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As-yet unchallenged: Prop 187 provisions to cut off health care to illegal immigrants, plus requirements that doctors and nurses turn them...